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Robin Farina sits down with espnW to talk about this weekend's nationals and how to improve the exposure of women's cycling.

Tejay van Garderen's win at the Tour of California says a lot about the "Next Big American Stage Racer" label he's been wearing for quite some time. It also creates quite the dilemma for his BMC team heading into the Tour de France.

The women's one-off time trial at the Tour of California was sandwiched between a field of amateurs and the 112 men in the professional field, leaving women riders wondering when they'll get their own bigger stage.

Self-doubt and a destructive eating disorder sidelined Mara Abbott. But the yearlong hiatus was a blessing in disguise, as the talented cyclist has found her balance, and a newfound resolve, heading into Friday's Tour of California women's time trial.

Former U.S. pro cyclist Tyler Hamilton has provided written testimony to Spanish authorities prosecuting the Operation Puerto doping case whose central figure, Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes, oversaw a program of blood extraction and re-transfusion for athletes.

Andre Agassi, speaking at the Australian Open on Friday, said he felt "anger" about Lance Armstrong's confession to using performance-enhancing drugs.

Former U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Terry Madden confirmed Saturday that "one of Lance Armstrong's closest representatives" contacted the agency in 2004 and offered to make a six-figure "gift" -- an offer that was immediately rejected, Madden said.

By force of lifetime habit, Lance Armstrong is still trying to shape his own narrative, Bonnie D. Ford writes.

Lance Armstrong's legal woes are far from over on several fronts, including an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Postal Service, the longtime title sponsor for his cycling teams and once inextricably linked to his racing success.

There is no sport with a bigger credibility fight on its hands than cycling, and no event where genuine romance coexists so uncomfortably with hideous reality than the Tour de France, writes Bonnie D. Ford.

The UCI upheld the sanctions imposed by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, stripping Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles, but the organization cannot escape blame for its role in the scandal.

Lance Armstrong is stepping down as chairman of his Livestrong charity and Nike has ended his endorsement deal. Our writers weigh in on what all this means for his legacy.

Christian Vande Velde has been at peace for some time now. This week seals it.

To discount all three elements of USADA's case against Lance Armstrong, and the way they overlap and intersect, is nothing less than being willfully blind.

In "The Secret Race," over and over, Tyler Hamilton's message comes through: Doping hid in plain sight during the Lance Armstrong era. Cheating occurred on such a massive scale, in such mundane packaging, that it receded into the landscape and became almost invisible.

The world is altered this morning, even if the record books don't reflect that quite yet. Lance Armstrong has abandoned. Essentially entered a plea of nolo contendere. Wheeled over to the side of the road, dismounted, and disappeared into the broo...